Home Office

Detainees: Compensation

Stephen Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum compensation payment made was to an individual wrongly detained by the Home Office in each of the last three years.

Caroline Nokes: The Home Office does not record ‘Wrongful detention’ as a payment type. The figures the Home Office has for compensation are recorded as “unlawful detention”.Our records indicate that the lowest compensation payments for unlawful detention for FYs 2014/15 in cases where nominal damages are awarded are listed below:FY 2014/15 £1FY 2015/16 £1FY 2016/17 £1

Department for Exiting the European Union

Agriculture: Migrant Workers

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will hold discussions with the National Farmers' Union on the supply of agricultural workers during the implementation period.

Chris Heaton-Harris: During the implementation period, the UK will remain a signatory of the EU Treaties and the rights and obligations contained in them, including with respect to the movement of agricultural workers. Our domestic implementation of EU law remains in place.On Thursday 6th September, the Home Office and Defra announced a nationwide pilot scheme to bring migrant workers to UK farms. More information is available at Gov.uk. We will continue to engage with stakeholders, including the National Farmers' Union, during this pilot and as we seek reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU.

Department for Exiting the European Union: Public Appointments

Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in his Department.

Suella Braverman: The Department does not hold any data on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions.The Civil Service is currently looking at the best way to start implementing the measures published earlier in June across Government Departments, to better understand the background of people appointed in senior positions. The Government is committed to social mobility, and we are committed to creating an organisation in which everybody can thrive.

Department for Exiting the European Union: Sick Leave

Justin Madders: To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since his Department's inception.

Chris Heaton-Harris: The Department for Exiting the EU was formed in July 2016. From July 2016 through to March 2017, not all staff were on the HR and payroll systems and we are therefore not able to provide a breakdown of the sickness absence of staff in the department during 2016/17.The Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions e.g. support lines, counselling, Employee Assistance Programmes and a dedicated mental health and wellbeing group who have been leading on a number of wellbeing activities across the Department to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of staff employed in the Department.

Department for International Trade

Export Controls

Lloyd Russell-Moyle: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications for licences to export controlled goods were denied under article 2c of the consolidated criteria; and which countries were named as the countries to export in those denied applications in each of the last 10 years.

Graham Stuart: Holding answer received on 13 September 2018






An error has been identified in the written answer given on 17 September 2018.The correct answer should have been:

Criterion 2c of the Government’s export licensing Criteria states that the Government will not grant a licence if there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). Criterion 2c has been in force since the adoption by the EU of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on 8 December 2008.Since that time 295 Standard Individual Export Licence applications have been refused under Criterion 2 which covers human rights as well as international humanitarian law.Our current database does not breakdown refusals by subsets of the Criteria so the specific information requested cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) of licences granted and refused for military exports on GOV.UK. Country breakdowns can be found on these pages. Bespoke reports (e.g. by Criterion 2) may also be produced by registering on the Strategic Export Controls Reports and Statistics Website at: https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/SDBHOME

Graham Stuart: Holding answer received on 13 September 2018



Criterion 2c of the Government’s export licensing Criteria states that the Government will not grant a licence if there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). Criterion 2c has been in force since the adoption by the EU of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on 8 December 2008.Since that time 295 Standard Individual Export Licence applications have been refused under Criterion 2 which covers human rights as well as international humanitarian law.Our current database does not breakdown refusals by subsets of the Criteria so the specific information requested cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) of licences granted and refused for military exports on GOV.UK. Country breakdowns can be found on these pages. Bespoke reports (e.g. by Criterion 2) may also be produced by registering on the Strategic Export Controls Reports and Statistics Website at: https://www.exportcontroldb.trade.gov.uk/sdb2/fox/sdb/SDBHOME